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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]
2: covered with or full of bumps; "a bumpy country road"

Merriam Webster's

adjective (bumpier; -est) Date: 1865 1. having or covered with bumps <a bumpy road> <bumpy skin> 2. a. marked by bumps or jolts <a bumpy ride> b. marked by or full of difficulties <a bumpy relationship> • bumpily adverb • bumpiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (bumpier, bumpiest) 1 having many bumps (a bumpy road). 2 affected by bumps (a bumpy ride). Derivatives: bumpily adv. bumpiness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bumpier, bumpiest) 1. A bumpy road or path has a lot of bumps on it. ...bumpy cobbled streets. ? smooth ADJ 2. A bumpy journey is uncomfortable and rough, usually because you are travelling over an uneven surface. ...a hot and bumpy ride across the desert... ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

bagging, baggy, ballooning, bellying, billowing, billowy, bloated, bosomy, bouncy, broken, bulbose, bulbous, bulging, bumped, bunched, bunchy, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, cross-grained, distended, grainy, granulated, hillocky, homespun, horripilant, hummocky, inequal, irregular, jarring, jerky, jogglety, joggling, joggly, jolting, jolty, knobbly, knobby, linsey-woolsey, lumpy, moutonnee, pimply, pitted, pneumatic, pocky, potbellied, potholed, pouching, rank, ripply, rough, rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, rounded, ruffled, rutted, rutty, shagged, shaggy, swelling, textured, uneven, unkempt, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth, ununiform, verrucated, verrucose, warty, wimpled